James grew up making movies with his family's video camera in Little Rock, Arkansas. After studying film at Brooks Institute of Photography, he worked at a video store in New York where he met filmmaker Steven Shainberg (Secretary, Fur), who gave him a job at his production company. Since then James has worked on several movies including James Gray's The Immigrant, Sally Potter's Rage, and George C. Wolfe's You're Not You. His short films Stay True Darling and Little Brother have traveled to dozens of film festivals. Diverge is his first feature film and was awarded the top prize at the US in Progress in Paris.
Bushwick Film Festival
